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Legal, Medical Experts Provide Factual Information on Heywood Initiatives IL26-001, IL26-638
NWHS 2/3/2026
Experts in their fields briefed reporters on: harmful impacts on student health and safety of IL26-001, such as sharing student information with adults who are under criminal investigation for abusing their own children; likely unconstitutionality of IL26-638 in Washington State; physical and psychological harms from requiring medical sex verification on minor girls as required by IL26-638.
Campaigns for and against two WA initiatives ramp up
KXLY 2/3/2026
"Many youth who feel unsafe or rejected at home because of their gender or sexuality rely on school based health services, navigation to care, or simply a safe adult to confide in at school. But again, the confusing language around parental access to private medical records means that kids could potentially be cut off from accessing this essential health care."
Heywood Initiative & Trump Administration Political Assault on…
NHWS 1/22/2026
In response to the Secretary of State’s certification of Initiative 26-638, Brian Heywood’s anti-trans student initiative, and to the Trump Administration’s continued assault on Washington schools with a second politicized Title IX investigation, Shannon McCann, a middle school special education…
Brian Heywood’s Trans Sports Ban is Far Worse Than…
WFF 1/13/2026
To play girls’ sports, student athletes, many of whom are minors, could be subjected to blood tests or invasive genital exams. [...] A 2020 Human Rights Watch report on sex testing in international sports concluded that such tests “violate fundamental rights to privacy…
Washington State PAC Pushes for Trans Sports Ban
Them 1/7/2026
A far-right political action committee claims to have collected enough signatures to put a school-specific transgender sports ban involving genital inspections onto the Washington state ballot. On January 3, the right-wing group Let’s Go Washington announced…
Trans sports ban with genital
inspections is now being…
Tyla 1/7/2026
A political action committee has announced that it has collected enough signatures to potentially get a school-specific trans sports ban onto Washington state’s ballot later this year. Such a ban would require girls to undergo physical examinations in order to…
Brian Heywood’s Trans Sports Ban is Far Worse Than Measures Consider…
WFF 1/15/2026
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on West Virginia and Idaho’s laws that restrict trans girls’ ability to participate in school sports. While these states’ laws are both discriminatory and unnecessary, a far worse version might be on Washington’s ballot this…
Harmful Anti-LGBTQ+ Initiatives Threaten the Safety of Vulnerable…
WFF 1/2/2026
Hedge fund mega-millionaire Brian Heywood says he plans to submit signatures for two harmful anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives today. If passed, IL 26-001 and IL 26-638 could increase abuse and safety risks for some of our state’s most vulnerable students, including LGBTQ+ students, and students seeking…
Anti-LGBTQ+ Initiatives Could Cause Serious Safety Issues For Students…
WFF 11/20/2025
Libby Watson, campaign manager for WA Families for Freedom, said “Paid signature gatherers are promoting poorly written initiatives that will threaten the safety of every Washington student, putting some students at greater risk of abuse at home and at school through possible invasive genital exams…
Washington Families for Freedom Statement on Violence
WFF 10/8/2025
“Washington Families for Freedom has condemned and will continue to condemn violence against people exercising their first amendment right to gather petition signatures. These attacks harm our communities and go against everything that our campaign stands for…
Washington Families for Freedom Statement on Trump Memo…
WFF 9/29/2025
“The first amendment is clear: we all have a right to freedom of speech, assembly, and petition under the first amendment. This action is designed to intimidate groups who oppose Trump from exercising those rights. This will especially impact targeted groups, including the trans community…
Mega-Millionaire’s Initiatives Threaten Dignity and Safety of Washington…
WFF 9/8/2025
Washington Families for Freedom, a coalition of parents, teachers, businesses, LGBTQ and community groups, is standing up against attacks on students’ rights to freedom and privacy. The coalition includes the ACLU of Washington, Greater Seattle Business Association, Gender Justice…